Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter is a Bluetooth device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. USB/VID_0cf3&PID_312D&MI_02 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Manually install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.4.0000.0170 dated 2012-11-27.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
File size of the driver: 253642 bytes (247.70 KB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 32650 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the Atheros Communications Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 HS Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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